# MAKING SENSE CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1204179
- **Other names:** MAKING SENSE CIC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 2023
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1204179


## Contact

- **Address:** unit 3, Crown House, 11 Well Street, RUTHIN, Denbighshire
- **Phone:** 07717756385
- **Email:** tickylowe@makingsensecio.co.uk
- **Website:** www.makingsensecio.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND MATERIALS FOR CARE STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO LEAD SENSORY ART SESSIONS, AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE CREATIVE ARTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: YOUTH, OLD AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY.

**Activities:** Creative workshops, training and resources for care sector. Our projects focus on support for care staff working with Adults with learning disabilities in care settings and on supporting those working with people living with dementia.We also work with galleries providing early development workshop sessions for babies and toddlers and their grownups




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £104438 | £155775 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £142561 | £57805 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Anthony Sean Farnsworth** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 1, 2023
- Alan David Griffiths — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- Caroline Gavin — appointed June 30, 2025
- John Andrew Rostron — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- MAGGIE SHEPPARD — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- RUTH JAMES — appointed Nov. 11, 2024